africa

• Business

Under Armour opens new European headquarters in Amsterdam

Under Armour opens a new Europe, Middle East, Africa headquarters in Amsterdam

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 1, 2019

• Maryland

West African religions like Ifa and Vodou are on the rise in Maryland, as practitioners connect with roots

Baltimore priestesses — more accurately, practitioners of the ancient West African faith of Ifa — celebrate rebirth, regeneration and black sisterhood on the occasion of the spring equinox.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Mar 28, 2019

• Business

Before Trump's order grounding Boeing Max 8, planes were still being flown out of BWI

Despite the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8 flights across much of the world Tuesday due to safety concerns following the crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia, the Federal Aviation Administration has allowed Southwest Airlines and others to keep flying the planes — including in Baltimore.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 13, 2019

• Maryland

Letters: On Democrats' political hypocrisy; reconstituting the Union Nations

Letters to the Carroll County Times.

• Entertainment

Proposed Baltimore museum would focus on culture and history of African nations

A new local museum, The Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures, is expected to open in Park Heights around Juneteenth Day.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Feb 27, 2019

• From the Community:

Prepare yourself to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

Dwelled in northern Tanzania is the crown jewel of East Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is a quick drive from Kenyan boundary. Mount Kilimanjaro peak is world's one of the tallest free-standing mountain. Standing at a humungous 19000 something, Mount Kilimanjaro is an ideal destination for hikers around the world, due to its walkable region. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is a refreshing adventure, and one gets to endure the unknown prospects and attractions of creation all around. Mount Kilimanjaro rises tall and grand welcoming travelers and hikers all over the world to traverse its grandeur. ...

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Canada and Africa caught in the crossfire as US and China trade blows

America is like a jealous ex: if it can't have Iran, no one else can either, says Rachel Marsden.

• Features

How a West African elephant tusk connects a Baltimore family to its roots

Marie Washington, a developer who lives in Locust Point, has a carved elephant tusk that she purchased from her friend whose family was killed during the Liberian Civil War in the early 90s.

By John-John Williams IV

Sep 12, 2018

• Health

Johns Hopkins Hospital unit trains to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, bioterrorism

The Johns Hopkins Medicine biocontainment unit is one of 10 regional centers across the country prepared to provide treatment in the event of an infectious disease or bioterrorism attack.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Aug 29, 2018

• Entertainment

Cultural dance groups connect Baltimoreans to their heritage, new traditions

From Russian folk to Lion Dance, these Baltimore-area groups keep in touch with their roots while having fun.

By Anna Muckerman

Aug 29, 2018

• Opinion

Security is key to ending uncontrolled migration

America and Europe are the main targets of the global search for a promised land of opportunity — an escape from chronic hunger, disease and crime. Our response to this desperate, migratory wave is a double blind policy of refusing to take responsibility.

• Features

This Day in History: July 28

In 1855, the USS Constellation was commissioned. The ship, pictured above, patrolled near West Africa to search for ships that were possibly carrying human

• Health

University of Maryland virus institute to lead $100 million effort to track HIV programs in Nigeria

The Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will lead a $100 million project to survey the impact of HIV programs in Nigeria.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 17, 2018

• Opinion

Trump's comment on African nations called 'definition of racism' on 'Reliable Sources'

In a discussion with host Brian Stelter and media critic David Zurawik, of the Baltimore Sun, CNN political commentator Van Jones said Trump's comment last week about African nations was the definition of racism.

By David Zurawik

Jan 15, 2018

• Politics

Maryland lawmakers, Mayor Pugh, Gov. Hogan condemn Trump's comments on immigrants

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she was appalled by President Donald Trump’s recent comments, in which he reportedly used a slur to describe immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations.

By Talia Richman

Jan 12, 2018

• Laurel Leader

Former Pallotti hoop standout has seen the world via basketball

After several years coaching basketball overseas, Sean Whalen has come back to Laurel and also returned to the coaching staff of Howard University, a member of the group of Historically Black College and University that competes in the Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Is a Trump doctrine already taking shape?

The unelected Washington bureaucracy is undermining Donald Trump's presidency, says Rachel Marsden

• Howard County

Howard County-based campaign to feed starving Jews in Uganda exceeds $20,000

The Howard County Jewish community raised more than $20,000 to feed a starving Jewish community in Uganda, known as the Abayudaya.

By Andrew Michaels

Sep 20, 2017

• Maryland

Sankofa Dance Theater performs West African dance for library

Sankofa Dance Theater took to the stage Tuesday evening at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ for a tour of West African culture.

• Africa

Volunteers pack meals bound for West Africa at Orioles Park

Volunteers pack meals for West Africa

By Jacques Kelly

Sep 2, 2017

• Maryland

Howard County Jewish community raises $10K for Jews in Uganda

In partnership with the Howard County Board of Rabbis, Jewish Federation of Howard County started an emergency fundraising campaign to help feed the small Jewish community in Uganda, known as the Abayudaya, raising more than $10,000 in less than a week.

By Andrew Michaels

Aug 17, 2017

• Education

From African bushlands to Baltimore: The long path to education for a Hopkins star

It's a long journey from the Upper West bushland of Ghana to the campus of Johns Hopkins University, and the path was neither straight nor certain for the boy whose name meant "beloved by his ancestors." They called him Kpiemenongme Mwinnyaa.

By Tim Prudente

May 24, 2017

• Africa

White rhino now calls Maryland Zoo in Baltimore home

A Southern white rhino has joined the African Watering Hole at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.

By Sean Welsh

Apr 6, 2017

• Opinion

Trump's 'shameful insult' to America's humanitarian values

The reductions that Donald Trump and his phalanx of billionaires and millionaires propose in assistance to the most vulnerable people in the world is a disgrace and a shameful insult to the humanitarian values for which America stands.

• Baltimore City Paper

Colonizers at the center of "Shifting Views" at the Baltimore Museum of Art

"Shifting Views" is the Baltimore Museum of Art's first exhibition of contemporary African art. Works by Senam Okudzeto, Diane Victor, Julie Mehretu,

• Opinion

Hogan should oppose Trump's immigration ban

Muslim ban makes Americans less safe and Maryland's governor should join the chorus of opposition

• Africa

350 march in Baltimore to protest Trump's immigration order

The interdenominational march along three miles of North Charles St. organized by the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland was one of a slew of similar protests this weekend in the U.S. and abroad

• Africa

On its 50th anniversary, Kwanzaa celebrations promote pride and provide 'a safe space'

Fifty years since Kwanzaa was created by Maryland native Maulana Karenga, its adherents say the holiday holds as much meaning as ever, offering the African-American community a chance to celebrate its accomplishments and remember where it came from.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 25, 2016

• Obituaries

Carl F. Foreman Sr., Catholic Relief Services worker, dies

Carl F. Foreman Sr., a longtime Catholic Relief Services worker whose career took him from managing a fleet of trucks in Sierra Leone to Capitol Hill, died monday from a heart attack at St. Agnes Hospital. He was 65.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 15, 2016

• Howard County

African Art Museum celebrates 36 years

When Doris and Claude Ligon first talked about opening an African Art Museum in Columbia over 36 years, they knew it was not a well-known subject. One friend even warned Doris to reconsider, she said. The museum was the first of its kind when it opened in Columbia in 1980. It relocated to Maple Lawn six years ago. Its small space is filled with both art and information, according to Abram Engelman, a board of trustees member.

By Katie V. Jones

Oct 7, 2016

• Crime

U.S. extradites Rwandan academic who taught at Md. college to face genocide charges

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan academic who is accused of participating in the 1994 genocide arrived in the country on Wednesday following his extradi

• Baltimore City Paper

Woke: Expectations vs. reality on an urban campus

When you found out that you would be attending an out-of-state college, you were ecstatic. You had high expectations for the next four years, excited

• Africa

On first day of school in Baltimore, pomp and promise

Sonja Santelises kicks off tour at one of several merged schools

• Maryland

Trump finds support in former Democratic stronghold in Maryland

The neighborhoods around the Baltimore County communities of Dundalk and Essex, once the heart of Maryland's blue-collar, Reagan Democrat constituency, is now a stronghold for Donald Trump.

By John Fritze

Aug 20, 2016

• Maryland

Cameroon's knight for seniors visits Fairhaven in Sykesville

The Integrace Fairhaven community met Francis Njuakom, a champion of women's rights, senior rights and elder care in Cameroon.

• Opinion

ISIS' bloody hands

ISIS' bloody hands

• Maryland

Laurel man pleads guilty to bank, wire fraud conspiracy

A 28-year-old Laurel man is facing both 30-year and 5-year prison sentences after pleading guilty Friday to federal bank fraud and wire fraud conspiracy charges as well as conspiracy to transport stolen motor vehicles to Africa.

By Andrew Michaels

Jul 29, 2016

• Politics

Maryland lawmakers outraged after Frederick woman gets 3 years in Gambia

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Four Maryland congressional members expressed outrage Thursday after a court in Gambia sentenced a Frederick woman to three years in

• Opinion

Limiting presidential power

Although presidents, especially since 9/11, have proven to be proficient at finding ways around statutory and constitutional limits on their power, there is also reason to be hopeful that it remains possible to hold presidents accountable to the rule of law.

• Baltimore City

Baltimore students headed for cultural experience in Cuba

Thirteen students from Baltimore are making a two-week expedition to Cuba. The trip is part of a program put on by two local groups, the African Diaspora Alliance and Muse 360 Arts. Eight students are from Frederick Douglass High School and five are part of the Muse program.

• Baltimore City

At World Refugee Day festival in Baltimore, a focus on celebration and feeling welcome

A poem by a Baltimore teen refugee underscored the tensions surrounding this year's World Refugee Day, as anti-immigrant political movements gain steam in the United States and Europe amid conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere that have driven millions from their homes.

By Natalie Sherman

Jun 18, 2016

• Africa

Maryland woman detained in Gambia, U.S. closely monitoring

The State Department says it's closely monitoring Gambia's detention of a U.S. citizen from Maryland who was arrested during an anti-government demonstration while visiting her native country in April.

• Baltimore City

Former Morgan State art curator honors traditional African art

Diala Touré is determined to help both art collectors and the public understand the importance of traditional African art.

• Baltimore City Paper

In Mount Vernon, Moussa Ali conducts a one-man protest for the Oromo People

"The Oromo people are the majority in Ethiopia. In large numbers they are being killed. All young."

• Howard County

Columbia woman climbs Mount Kilimanjaro for peace

Columbia resident Belinda Bauman will climb Mount Kilimanjaro beginning March 4 as a project for her nonprofit organization, One Million Thumbprints, which she founded about a year ago after a decade of devising ways to help women in conflict zones.

By Lisa Philip

Mar 3, 2016

• Opinion

Wake up to Democratic lies

Neither a socialist nor a liar deserve to be elected to the country's highest office

• Liberia

Aberdeen soldiers drawing lessons from Ebola deployment for Pentagon disease fighters

Almost a year after deploying to Liberia to help fight Ebola, soldiers with the 1st Area Medical Laboratory are still combing over the experience, looking to share tips that might help the Army better respond to major disease outbreaks in future.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 5, 2016

• Opinion

Germany dealing with pains of failed integration

Rachel Marsden: How can Germany possibly integrate asylum seekers with skewed cultural perspectives on women?

• Trials and Arbitration

Marylanders charged with terrorism-related crimes

At least seven Marylanders have been charged with terrorism-related crimes in recent years

By Tim Prudente

Jan 14, 2016

• Sports

Reports: Former Maryland DL coach Chad Wilt to join Army

Former Maryland defensive line coach Chad Wilt, who was not retained by coach DJ Durkin, has accepted the same position at Army West Point, according to 247sports.com and SI.com.